The 1958 Yankees finished their play in season with a winning series by beating the 1953 Yankees four games to two to finish their season with a 70-86 record, tied with the 2000 Yankees. The '53 Yankees fell to 24-12.
Two of the '58 Yankee wins in this series were from explosive performances by their offense. They won Game One 28-8, scoring at least one run in every inning. They had 26 hits and 13 walks. Gil McDougald drove in eight RBI while going 4-5 with two walks. They won Game Five 13-2 after scoring eight runs in the third inning. Hank Bauer went 3-5 with a homerun, three RBI and three runs scored. The '53 Yankees split the first four games with wins of 6-2 in Game Two and 9-4 in Game Four, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Billy Martin ALL hit two-run homers in a six-run third inning. The only close game of the series was Game Three won by the '58 Yankees 5-3 in 10 innings. Berra tied the game 3-3 in the 8th for the '53 Yankees with a two out two-run homer. Moose Skowron won the game for the '58 Yankees with a walk-off two-run homer of his own. The '58 Yankees clinched the series with a 7-1 win in the final game.
The 1958 Yankees hit .252 as a team, 16th best, and scored 724 runs, an average of 4.64 runs a game. Here are the final numbers for the starting lineup.
C: Yogi Berra: .259, 21 HRs, 80 RBI.
C: Elston Howard: .320, 11 HRs, 56 RBI.
1B: Bill Skowron: .249, 15 HRs, 80 RBI.
2B: Gil McDougald: .223, 19 HRs, 78 RBI, 82 runs scored.
SS: Tony Kubek: .214, 3 HRs, 45 RBI.
3B: Andy Carey: .239, 32 HRs, 102 RBI, 92 runs scored.
LF: Norm Siebern: .295, 11 HRs, 15 triples, 104 runs scored.
CF: Mickey Mantle: .283, 44 HRs, 102 RBI, 111 runs, 134 walks.
RF: Hank Bauer: .261, 13 HRs, 11 triples.
The '58 Yankees finished with a team ERA of 3.93, 11th best. Here are the final numbers for the top five starters and their closer.
Bob Turley: 7-16, 4.54 ERA, 27 HRs, 142 walks.
Whitey Ford: 13-9, 2.48 ERA, 8 complete games,163 strikeouts.
Don Larsen: 9-7, 3.60 ERA.
Johnny Kucks: 4-8, 3.50 ERA.
Art Ditmar: 6-8, 3.86 ERA.
Ryne Duren: 7-7, 25 saves, 3.23 ERA.
Hank Bauer leads the '53 Yankees in hitting at .333 with a .983 OPS. Mickey Mantle is hitting .331 with a team-leading nine homeruns and a 1.032 OPS. Gene Woodling is hitting .328 with a .931 OPS. Johnny Sain and Ed Lopat remain undefeated on the mound. Sain is 5-0 with a 2.94 ERA while Lopat is 4-0 with a 3.55 ERA. Whitey Ford had a disastrous series, losing both of his starts and getting knocked out early to drop his record to 2-5 with a 5.83 ERA. The '53 Yankees will continue their season with the 59-91 1943 Yankees who play their final series of the season.
